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When is the best time to "unleash" your pet

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I was wondering, when you get a new pet, you usually have to train them and stuff, right? But how do you know when the pet (more specifically a dog) is ready to be unleashed, i.e.: roam around without his leash? How do you train him/her to be at your side when you walk it so that it won't run off like a child who has just learnt how to walk?

Note: post was edited because I hit enter instead of hitting backspace (stupid laptops!)
 
I'd talk to a dog trainer about this. I've heard that the best way to keep a dog around you in the house is to keep it on a leash in the house when it's a puppy, and keep it next to you (this also helps with training the dog to go to the bathroom outside), and then eventually, it'll get used to being next to you all the time in the house. I'm not sure how people do it outside, though. None of my family's dogs have ever been unleashed outside of our yard without running around like mad.
 
I have seen a couple of dogs that are running with their owners, unleashed, or they are walking with their owners, unleashed. Once I also saw this puppy walking (more like running in comparison to it's tiny body though) without it's leash, and it was probably only a couple of months old (it was fairly small). But it did kind of respon to it's name pretty alright, which proabably means that the puppy was born at home or something like that. But i was just surprised how the owner let the dog run around like that.
 
Be sure you check your city's leash laws. In some places it is illegal to have an animal on public property with no leash.

Other than that.. Obedience School is a good way to teach your animal to properly respond to many commands and even learn a few tricks!
 
This is what I did:

I would keep the leash (choke collar worst best, btw) on the dog and let it drop the ground outside. If the dog tried to walk off, I'd step on the leash so as to stop it. It didn't hurt the dog at all, it would halt and then come closer to me so as to alleviate the tension in the leash. Eventually, it learns to walk right beside you.
 
Originally posted by: logic1485
I was wondering, when you get a new pet, you usually have to train them and stuff, right? But how do you know when the pet (more specifically a dog) is ready to be unleashed, i.e.: roam around without his leash? How do you train him/her to be at your side when you walk it so that it won't run off like a child who has just learnt how to walk?

Note: post was edited because I hit enter instead of hitting backspace (stupid laptops!)
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When off your property keep the dog leashed. It is for the safety of the dog and everyone else. Besides, its also the law is just about every city.
 
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: logic1485
I was wondering, when you get a new pet, you usually have to train them and stuff, right? But how do you know when the pet (more specifically a dog) is ready to be unleashed, i.e.: roam around without his leash? How do you train him/her to be at your side when you walk it so that it won't run off like a child who has just learnt how to walk?

Note: post was edited because I hit enter instead of hitting backspace (stupid laptops!)
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When off your property keep the dog leashed. It is for the safety of the dog and everyone else. Besides, its also the law is just about every city.
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True. I only did it after I had trained the dog not to tug on the leash at all. Just proper placement of the choke collar and a short, tight snap on the leash if it tried to pull or wander. After the dog waked next to me without pulling, I let the leash drop... Also, it was only when no people around at first. Then I gradually did it when one or two people were around, etc. By no means should the OP try to train it with the leash dragging at first. First train it to walk next to you with the least always in your hand...
 
There is a lot of good advice in this thread once you read through the chaff... Best way is to take your dog to an obedience class. You must be consistent in training a dog. Walk with the dog on your left, keep the leash loose, when the dog wanders, pull up on the leash sharply and speak a command (heel!) Always do it the same way-consistent. When the pet responds, praise him/her (Good Dog!!!) again, consistent.

My wife and I breed, show and train flat-coated retrievers. Great family pets, admittedly, they are one of the easier breeds to train, but I have seen every breed trained successfully. Key is consistency, always do the same thing each time.

As has been mentioned, always walk your pet in public on a leash, for everyone's safety.



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Originally posted by: compudog
There is a lot of good advice in this thread once you read through the chaff... Best way is to take you dog to an obedience class. You must be consistent in training a dog. Walk with the dog on your left, keep the leash loose, when the dog wanders, pull up on the leash sharply and speak a command (heel!) Always do it the same way-consistent. When the pet responds, praise him/her (Good Dog!!!) again, consistent.

My wife and I breed, show and train flat-coated retrievers. Great family pets, admittedly, they are one of the easier breeds to train, but I have seen every breed trained successfully. Key is consistency, always do the same thing each time.

As has been mentioned, always walk you pet in public on a leash, for everyone's safety.
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Know any English Bulldog breeders? I wanted to get one next year 🙂
 
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